Pirates playoff run over before it ever beganBy Chris Roy Published: 3rd May 2013

PORTLAND – The Portland Pirates were outmatched, outnumbered and simply out of their league against the Syracuse Crunch.

The Crunch overcame a two-goal deficit late in the third period to send the game into overtime where Ondrej Palat scored with 16.2 seconds left in the extra frame for a 4-3 win over the Pirates in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals before 3,909 at the Cumberland County Civic Center.